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A local success story!

 

John and Cynthia were very happy, because they had just won over £10 million in the National Lottery. They were also very surprise: they had never bought any lottery ticket before. Cynthia had asked John to go and buy a newspaper. When he had arrived to the newsagent's he had seen their neighbour June buying a lottery ticket. So he had decided to do the same.

 

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Exercise 4

 

1 If Cynthia had already bought a paper, John wouldn't have gone to the newsagent's.

2 They wouldn't have won the lottery if they hadn't bought the ticket.

3 June Parsons wouldn't have been in the shop if she hadn't wanted a ticket.

4 I would have passed my exams last year if I had studied more.

5 If you had been born in Britain, you wouldn't have to learn English.

6 If the bus hadn't broken down, we would have arrived here in time.

 

Exercise 5

 

1 If June Parsons had won, would she have celebrated with her neighbours?

  No, I don't think she would have celebrated with Cynthia and John.

2 If Cynthia had gone to the newsagent's, would she have bought a lottery ticket?

  No, I don't think she would have bought one.

3 If you had grown up in a different town, would you have met your best friend?

  Yes, I think I would have met him.

4 How would your life have been different if you had had more brothers and sisters?

  I would have had lots of things to do, I would have had lots of argues and there would have been more noise and less space in our house.

5 If you had been a teenager in the 1960s, what music would you have listened to?

  I would have listened to the Beatles.

6 What would you have done if you hadn't come to school last week?

  I would have gone out for a walk, I would have played with my brother and I would have found something interesting to do.